Abstract
<jats:p>A method for processing cereal production waste using chemical treatment followed by the production of an extruded feed product for agricultural animals is considered. The issue of waste disposal is significant for any type of industrial production, including enterprises processing agricultural raw materials. During grain processing for food purposes, a significant amount of non food waste accumulates, which is typical for cereal and oilseed production. This includes, in particular, the husks of rice, millet, buckwheat, and sunflower. Due to their content of proteins, crude fats, fiber, micro- and macronutrients, cellulose, lignin, and other beneficial components, these wastes represent promising raw materials for feed production. This type of waste, due to its composition, has the potential for secondary use as a component for feed additives. One of the areas developed in recent years is the problem of utilizing sunflower waste as a feed product or a component of compound feed. The solution to this problem is the production of compound feed or feed additives based on the use of non traditional types of raw materials (by products of flour milling, cereal, and oil seed production), namely, the combined use of wheat bran and husks from various crops followed by extrusion. As a method for processing sunflower husk into a feed product, it is proposed to subject it to an extrusion process with preliminary chemical treatment. In the first stage, the possibility of obtaining a feed product solely from sunflower husk was investigated; in the second stage, the possibility of obtaining a feed product from sunflower husk and wheat bran was studied. As a result of experimental research, a method for processing cereal production waste using chemical treatment followed by the production of an extruded feed product for agricultural animals has been developed.</jats:p>